Family travel is such a popular activity over summer vacation (or winter break) that I decided to make our current theme a travel unit. And it’s been lots of fun! I picked a few popular family travel activities to design free family travel cutting strips. As usual with our cutting strips, this printable is an instant download and super easy to download and prepare.
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Montessori-Inspired Printables at Living Montessori Now
My daughter, Christina (a former Montessori child), and I are partnering to bring you a series of Montessori-inspired printables. (Note: Christina has some sweet, themed kids’ fitness printables that are great for homes or classrooms!)
The printables are typically themed and use a number of Montessori principles (although you don’t need to be a Montessori teacher or homeschooler to use them). The cutting strips use photographs or realistic images to emphasize reality. These cutting strips have photographs of a variety of family travel activities.
Preschoolers love to learn proper terminology, so I tell you the name of the objects or animals featured whenever I can.
Free Family Travel Cutting Strips
To download, click here and then click on the file image in the upper right corner of the PDF to save to your computer (just choose where you want it saved).
Montessori-Inspired Activities Using the Family Travel Cutting Strips
Cutting skills are so important for preschoolers. Two year olds can begin working on them, too. When children are first working on cutting skills, they’ll have an easier time cutting cardstock than paper. So, in the beginning, I recommend printing the strips on cardstock. Printer paper is fine for children with more advanced cutting skills.
I’m not sure where I got the basket, although the small Multicraft tray would work, too. I’ve always liked Fiskar scissors for kids, which are sharp enough to cut paper easily.
For home use with the cutting work, I like to have a small container to catch the paper scraps. I used a small wooden box we had, although you could use any small container. For younger children, I recommend keeping the basket or tray up out of reach when it’s not being used.
For classroom use, you might want to use Ziplock bags to catch the scraps. Children have fun taking their scraps home in a bag … or saving them to paste onto a collage.
More Transportation/Travel Resources and Activities
- Free Travel Printables and Montessori-Inspired Travel Activities
- Fun and Learning with Montessori-Inspired World Travel Activities and Games
- Free and Fun Family Road Trip Songs
- Free Jet Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
- The Best Transportation and Travel Books for Kids
- Montessori-Inspired Activities for Pre-Schoolers: Car Parking Game
- Free Transportation Printables and Montessori-Inspired Transportation Math Activities
- Montessori-Inspired Construction Unit
- Free Police Printables and Montessori-Inspired Police Activities
- Free Fire Safety Printables and Montessori-Inspired Fire Safety Activities
- Free Ambulance Printables and Montessori-Inspired Ambulance Activities
- Montessori-Inspired Train Activities with Spielgaben {Free Printables}
- Free Train Printables and Montessori-Inspired Train Activities
- Free Car Printables and Montessori-Inspired Car Activities
- Super-Cool Beginning Reading Activity – Race Car Blending
- Free Car Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
- Free Car Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
- Fun Magnetic Vehicle STEM Trays and Activity Bags
- Spielgaben STEM Challenge: Build and Fly a Magnetic Airplane
- Montessori Resources for Land, Air, and Water Transportation Activities
- The Ultimate Montessori-Inspired Transportation Unit
- Transportation Unit Study Pinterest Board
- Resources for a World Travel Unit Study
- Continent Map Work
- DIY Pin Maps
- Montessori Continent Boxes
- DIY Cosmic Nesting Boxes, Map Towers, a nd “Me on the Map” Activities
- Montessori-Inspired State Box – Colorado
- Laura Ingalls Wilder and Montessori Washboard Activity (South Dakota and Booking Across the USA Tour)
- Montessori-Inspired Map Activities Using Pin It! Maps
- Earth Exploration Activities from Montessori By Mom
- Montessori-Inspired Little Passports Global Adventure (with links to all my Little Passports activity posts)
- The Ultimate Guide to Montessori Geography Activities for Preschoolers
- Creative Ideas for Montessori Continent Boxes from Around the World,
- Montessori-Inspired Global Adventure Pinterest Board
- Kids’ Geography Activities Pinterest Board
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The Best Way to Begin Working on Scissor Cutting Skills
Even before using cutting strips, I recommend using an easier object to cut, such as strings of beads. You’ll find lots of tips and ideas for teaching scissor skills in my post on developing scissor cutting skills with Montessori-inspired activities.
More Montessori-Inspired Paper Cutting Activities
You’ll find ideas for home and classroom setups in my post on Montessori-inspired paper cutting activities.
All Our Free Themed Cutting Strips
I’ve arranged the following gallery in alphabetical order. Just click on an image to go to the post with the related free printable!
You can see all our free cutting strips with the latest at the top here.
I hope your child (or students) enjoys using the cutting strips. 🙂
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